NEW YORK, NY.- The work of Irving Penn proved irresistible to a passionate collector on May 2 at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion as the famed photographer’s Harlequin Dress, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 1950, brought $131,450 to lead Heritage Auctions’ $697,0…
World Record Breaking $6.077+ Million Comics Sale at Heritage Auctions
NEW YORK, NY.- In an auction where spectacular prices were in abundance – a World Record price of $448,125 for the original art from Page 10, issue #3 of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, $179, 250 for Carl Barks’ Vacation Panel Painting Original Art, $…
Gil Elvgren’s ‘Gay Nymph’ Sets World’s Record $286,000 in $3.4 Million Heritage Auctions Illustration Art Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- The power and depth of the Charles Martignette Collection of Illustration Art continued to exert its influence on May 4 in the form of Gil Elvgren’s Gay Nymph, 1947, which brought $286,800 – a World’s Record price for the artist – agains…
Original Batman Drawing Sets World’s Record at Heritage Auctions Sale of Comics
NEW YORK, NY.- The original art from Page 10, issue #3 of Frank Miller and Klaus Janson’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (DC, 1986) became the single most valuable piece of American comic art to ever sell when it brought $448,125 as part of Heritage A…
Big Demand, 2,800 Requests per Second, for Osama bin Laden News Crashes Newseum’s Website
WASHINGTON (AP).- When big news breaks, newspapers are a hot commodity despite the immediacy of online news. The website for the Newseum, a museum in Washington devoted to journalism, crashed Monday as thousands of people looked to see how newspapers …
Irving Penn, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams and Annie Leibovitz Originals Highlight Photography Event at Heritage Auctions
NEW YORK, NY.- Irving Penn’s Harlequin Dress, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 1950, a Platinum-Palladium print from 1979, an acknowledged masterpiece from one of the greatest fashion photographers to ever pick up a camera, is expected to bring $150,000+ to lea…
Icons of Photography: Treasures from the Karin and Lars Hall Collection Opens in Oslo
OSLO.- It is a great pleasure and honour for us to present such a unique collection of artists that have shaped the development of photography as an art form, says Jens R Jenssen, senior vice president of human resources and leader of the Statoil art p…
As Interest in Oriental Carpets Continues to Grow, Claremont Rug Company Releases New Brochure
OAKLAND, CA.- Claremont Rug Company today announced the availability of a 22-page brochure which highlights a broad range of collectible 19th century antique Oriental carpets available at the Gallery. Entering its fourth decade, Claremont Rug Company (…
New CGC-recognized Twin Cities Pedigree Highlights $1,000,000+ Gary Dahlberg Collection at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions’ May 5 Signature® Vintage Comics & Comic Art Auction, at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion in New York, will feature a newly recognized pedigree collection, the Twin Cities Pedigree, assembled by the late Gary Dahlberg …
Marilyn Monroe Pin-Up Amazes at $83,000+ in $4.1+ million Illustration Art Event
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- The combination of California sunshine, the imminent approach of Valentine’s Day and some of the most beautiful women ever painted proved an irresistible triumvirate to Illustration Art collectors at Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hil…